Mop



July 7, 1925.

H. BROWN HOP Filed Nov. 17, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 H. BROWN Jul 7, 1925.

Filed Nov. 1'7, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllb INVENTOR A'ITORNEY Patented July 7, 1925.

on u El) m PATENT OFFICEQ HERMAN. BROWN, 01?- onicneo, ILLINOIS,- Assrnon or ONE-HALF To OSCAR 'J. i GOTTLIEB', or cnroaeo, rumors. i T

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Application filed no em er 17,-1923. Serial No. 675,354.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit'knownthat I, HERMAN BRowN', a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicage, in the county of Gookaiid State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in mopsand more particularly to an oil mop. "The main objec t'of the present invention being the provision of a fountain oil mop which is'easily adapted for use in oiling and polishing floors, woodwork, furniture or the like, and in addition it is polished or dried so as to produce a 1 polished. surface upon the articles being operated upon. j'- A further object of myfpresent invention is theprovisionof a fountain'oil mop which includes a; receptacle havinga plurality-of outlet openings, 'with means for controlling the flow "of liquid from the receptacle through said openings, together. with an applying p ad'arranged over the openlngs to absorb the liquid in the receptacle so asto properly apply the same to the articles being" operated upon and further in addition a polished cloth is attached to the i receptacle in such a manneras to engage the articles being operated upon to dry or polish the same.

ing a receptacle having outlet openings,"with means for controlling the flow "of liquid from the receptacle through said openings, said means being accessible from'the exterior ofthe receptacle whereby the person using the-'mopmay readily control the fiow of liquid from the receptacle through the openingswhereby when the Deep is not in use theiopenings are securely closed against passage of liquid therethrough.

i Astill further objectbf the invention is theprovi'sion of an. oil mop vof' ithe above oharacter wherein thedrying andpolishing member 1 can be readily removed: from the receptacle body of the mop and-the hanl .dle detached from the body of the mop whereby the'body may be readily grasped in."

and drying or polishing member and illustrating the use of'the'same as'a w 1 7o Fig. l is a horizontalsection taken on the A still: further object of: the invention is j the provisionof afountain oil mop includthe hand of the operatorfor polishing furniture, woodwork and the like. v fVV1th the above and other obje'cts'in View the inventlon consistsm the novel features of construction, the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claim and shown in the'accompanying drawings in which: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a fountain invention;

Fig.- 2 is a top plan view.

ig. 3 is a side elevation with the handle removed oil mop constructed in accordance with my 7 hand polisher.

line l4 of Fig. 3. a

Fig. 5 is: an enlargedlongitudinal section taken on the line 55 of Fig.9:

Fig. 6 is a detailsection on the line'6 6 Referringnow' more particularly'to the drawings, theinumeral 1 indicates thema'in body receptaclezofuny improved mop, said. "body to be :constructedof any desirable Ina-- qterl'al and of any size and shape, but preferably I desire to "have the same of substantially pear shape design as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4f. The receptacle body comprises the wall 3, the opposing edges of "which are bent at right angles to the body of thetwall as at 4 to provide. outstanding flangesto which the top tom wall 6 are secured. i

Thetopiwallfiand bottom wall6 are preferably of thesame material as the side wall and each of the top and bottom walls are bent over the outstanding flange 4 on the side wall as shownat 7 and may be soldered or otherwise securely connected to the outstanding flanges of the sidewall to form a liquidtight receptaclefof the body. The top portion 5 of the body is provided 'at a 'point -adjacent its smallerend with an in let opening 8having an'up-standing thread- Jed annulariflange. 9 upon which is mounted ,awcap 10 for normally closing theopening .iiitothe'receptacle. '1 i Y V X IArranged upon one side of the center ofYl' the'bodywand preferably toward thelarger end of the receptacle are the angular plates '11, the horizontal portions of which are riveted orotherwise secured tothe top 5 of wall 5 andthe botthe receptacle, while the vertical portions 13 thereof are disposed in spaced relation as illustrated in Fig. 6 and are provided with aligned openings 14 through which a bolt or other securing member 11-5 is passed in order to mount the handle-sleeve 16 for swinging movement. The sleeve 16 is pro.-. vided with an outwardly projecting ear 1 having an opening therethrough so.- that when the ear 17 is arranged between the vertical portions 13.01% the plates 11; and the opening in the .3.1 disposed in alignment with the openings 145,, the bolt 15, maybe readily placed in position for mounting the sleeve 16 asset forth above.

a In order to manipulate the mop, for pole ishing floors and; the like a suitable handle 18 is, provided, one end of which is inserted into the sleeve 16 as shown in Figs;v 1 and 2 an ysec r y re aine within the eeve by means of a removable bolt 19 which extends through the sleeve and, through the inner end; of the-[handle18- and retained in this position by meansot' a wing 111113195 upon the th.rea.ded. end. of the bolt as. shown in Fig. 6 whereby the handle 18 be-quickly and readily attached tovor GlBtEIQlIQClyIE'IOIH the sleeve 16.

.; -'Ihe 'bottona portionitfof the receptacle body is provided with a plurality of open- :in-gs 20.,1said openingsbeingnormally closed by means of a stopper plate 21 having a he .ing-plate 22 secu redxthereto which is prefstably oii. rubber or similar material: which the inner faceoiflthe bottom portion 6-*for closing the openings 20-; against-the-passage oli liquid from the receptacle. The stopper plate 21 is provided atone end with a hinge 2,3,fsaid hinge-,.being riveted or. otherwise secured as at 24: to. theibottom portion: 6 whereby the stopper plate. 21 may.- be moved toward or away from, therbottom; portion 6 to & open and; close communication with the receptacle through the-openings 20.

l Secured tor the upper: face. of he; stopper plate. 21 is. a plate: 25,v the intermediate. portioniofwhich. isfprovided with abnlgeforming a socket-26" hayin'ghan opening 27 through which the adjusting bolt-28oztends, the head 29 of-said: bolt being disposed within theisqcket. 261 soles tor loosely connect the adjusting bolt 28 with the stop- .PerPlate.-

r 5 The adjustingboltr28 extends npthrough.

an, opening-30in the top; portion 550i the receptaclebody and theu'pper end of: the bolt isprovided with a reducedi-portion. 31; upon which is fitted the adjusting nut 32;having.

a serrated. flange 33-:which; can: be; quickly and: readily grasped by; the fingers of" the:

operatorforrotating the bolt 28'. Mounted -11pQnthe bolt 28-and; SGOlliUGdJliO. the top por- Ltion 5; within. the-receptacle. is, a. n11t-34 whereby when the bolt 28 is rotated by the adjusting nut 32 h bo t2 w llm pwardjly through the opening30inthe top portion of the casing tius moving the stopper plate 21 away from the bottom portion of the receptacle, -pe1 initting-the-'-liquid -with-in the--receptacle to pass outwardly through the 0penings20. In order to provide a liquid tight joint around the adjusting bolt 28 the gaskets 35 are mounted upon the bolt 28 and disposed between the faces onv of th -p fo ming. an: mm arp ek t 38} in which is arranged a securing member 39; which inthe present instance; is illustrated as in the. form; 015 a fairly heavywire wlle f by he p d 36- meyb read y app ie to the body of the receptacle the bodyportijon.-of..the;pad fitting tightly, against, the

outer tace of the bottom portion fi whi'le the edges thereofare di pos d at tg-ht ngles to he body and. arrangedzto con -act w th; the

will-ll; 3. whereby the ends; 055 the; wire on curing member 33 re ught t ge her; and tightened so that the edge ofthe pad; will be disposed above t ower.- utst nfil ngi a g or. the side walli 3% tosecure y He e-in the pad 7 impositionepont e eeeptac ebodys 1" willhaive a, tendency to. liepflat up. against 41 havinga. plnr i yzofi stnandfsi Q suspendextend belowthe pad 36 around the entire body... In ipositibningigthe str p; 41. isi'p .ferred toihave the same engagethe: outer surfaceiof the awall-v 3: above; the edge oi. the pad 3.6; so that the, strands: 42 wilt readily extend downwardly beyond" the. polishing .fane of thepad 35; so that as: the liquid: materiala applied to the articles being operated. upon xthrOLiglL' the r medium i oai the pad 36 the strands; 42' willv readily: bra/well oaer the: some suriace and tend to; dry and polishtheQarticles; the liquid materialz, istapplied thereto. z Fromtheabove inwills bereadi'ly? apparent that when thedevic'eis to be usedfion polishing-articles; of fu-rniture and the.- 1ike,,t-he handle member 118 may bequickly and read- ;ily detaxzhedzlirorm thesl eeve 16;. the drying "and polishing member removediofiromr the body; and the body grasped by; the-,hand' of the operator as shown in Fig. 3. In this way A-det'achableahsy ngi 0. polish g em er @109 40' isprovided which includes the body Strip the liquid material in the body receptacle may be quickly and readily applied to the desired articles by moving the applying pad 36 over the surface of the articles. 1

The flow of liquid from the receptacle body out through the openings is readily controlled by the operator through the adjustment of the bolt 28 to move the stopper plate 21 toward and away from the bottom portion 6. When it is desired to release an amount of liquid through the openings 20 the adjusting nut 32 is rotated by grasping the serrated flange 33 and rotating the bolt 28 which through its adjustment with the nut 34 will move outwardly through the opening and raise the stopper plate 21 from engagement With the bottom portion 6. After the proper amountof liquid has been absorbed by the pad 36 the stopper plate 21 is again moved toward the bottom portion 6 to close the openings 20.

It will be apparent from the above that I have provided a simple and eflicient fountain o-il mop wherein the body may be readily filled with any desired polishing liquid and the mop used for a considerable length of time before renewing the supply of liquid within the receptacle. In this way the rate source for oiling or polishing various surfaces.

Having thus described my invention What I claim is 2- A mop including a container body having openings in the bottom thereof, a closure plate hingedly connected to the bottom at one side of the container and adapted to normally close said openings, an attaching plate secured to the upper face of the first plate having its intermediate portion provided With a bulge forming a socket having an opening, an adjusting bolt carried by the top of the body, a head on the lower end of the bolt arranged within the socket for loosely connecting the bolt with the first plate and means for adjusting the bolt relatlve to the top of the container whereby to move the first plate into position for closing said openings or out of position for permitting liquid from the container to pass through said openings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HERMAN BROWN. 

